Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Cross-reference
In Genesis 35:12, God repeats this land promise to Jacob at Bethel, echoing the covenant.
Genesis 12:7 is the first promise of land to Abram's offspring, which is reaffirmed and expanded here.
In Genesis 48:4, Jacob tells Joseph that God's land promise to Abraham now extends to his descendants.
In Genesis 26:4, God repeats this same land promise to Isaac, confirming it extends to Abraham's descendants.
Genesis 26:3 transfers the same land promise to Isaac, demonstrating covenant continuity with Abraham.
Genesis 17:8 confirms the land as an everlasting possession, reinforcing the promise's permanence.
Genesis 17:7 links the land promise to the everlasting covenant, deepening its covenantal basis.
In Genesis 15:7, God repeats this same land promise to Abram, adding "to inherit it" — reinforcing and expanding the covenant.
Joseph's dying words invoke the land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — echoing and confirming this very promise for future fulfillment.
In Genesis 28:13, the LORD at Bethel reaffirms this land promise directly to Jacob in a theophany.
Genesis 15:18 specifies the land's boundaries in the covenant ceremony, detailing the promise given here.
In Genesis 46:3, God assures Jacob before Egypt — the seed will grow there and later inherit, extending this land promise across generations.
In Genesis 28:4, Isaac blesses Jacob with this same land promise, passing the covenantal inheritance forward.
Genesis 18:18 connects the promise of land to Abraham's future role as a channel of universal blessing.
Genesis 24:7 shows the patriarchal trust in God's sworn promise to give the land to Abraham's descendants.
In Numbers 34:12-29, the tribal allotments fulfill the promise's scope by defining specific borders.
In Psalm 105:9-12, the psalmist recounts God's oath to give Abraham's seed the land of Canaan as their allotment.
In Psalm 37:29, the righteous 'inherit the land and dwell in it forever' — nearly identical language to this promise.
Stephen recounts God's land promise to Abraham, noting Abraham received no inheritance yet — the seed emphasis is "and to thy seed forever."
In Nehemiah 9:8, the prayer recounts God's covenant to give Abraham the land of Canaan — and affirms God kept His word.
In 2 Chronicles 20:7, Jehoshaphat recalls God's 'forever' land gift to Abraham as the basis for his prayer against enemies.
In Deuteronomy 34:4, Moses views the land God swore to give, though he cannot enter.
In Numbers 34:2, the land's boundaries are specified as the inheritance promised here.
In Jeremiah 32:22, the prophet recounts God's fulfillment of this exact land promise, given as an everlasting inheritance to Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:8 recalls this exact land promise to Abraham as Moses urges Israel to possess it — the oath now becoming action.
Psalm 105:11 celebrates the same oath — 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion' — framing it as eternal covenant.
In Exodus 3:8, God moves to fulfill this promise — "a good land" flowing with milk and honey is the land promised to Abraham's seed.
Moses appeals directly to this promise, quoting "thy seed shall inherit it for ever" when interceding after the golden calf.
Nehemiah 9:23 recounts fulfillment: God multiplied Abraham's descendants and gave them the land He swore — promise now history.
In Numbers 10:29, Moses refers to "the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you" — the promised land of this covenant.
2 Chronicles 6:25, like 1 Kings 8:34, ties Israel's restoration to this land oath to Abraham — the promise undergirds Solomon's intercession.
1 Chronicles 16:18 rephrases this promise in hymnic form — 'the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance' — praising God's covenant faithfulness.
Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8:34 rests on this oath: God promised land to Abraham, so forgive and restore Israel to it.
Joshua 21:43 is the fulfillment moment — not one word of the land promise to Abraham failed.
In Galatians 3:16, Paul identifies the singular 'offspring' as Christ, to whom the land promise ultimately points.
Deuteronomy 9:5 grounds Israel's land possession in this oath to Abraham, not Israel's merit — a theological reading of the original promise.
Deuteronomy 6:10 explicitly references God's sworn oath to Abraham about giving land — Israel is about to inhabit cities they didn't build.
In Exodus 33:1, God references this promise when commanding Israel to enter the promised land.
In Hebrews 11:8, Abram's faith is highlighted, as he obeyed and lived in the land by trusting God's promise.
In Matthew 5:5, 'the meek shall inherit the earth' echoes this land promise — broadening it toward eschatological fulfillment.
In Ezekiel 47:14, the promised land is apportioned among the twelve tribes, detailing the inheritance spoken of here.
In Isaiah 63:18, Israel laments possessing the land only briefly — creating tension with the 'forever' promise given here.
Deuteronomy 3:27 echoes the 'see the land' motif — but where Abram saw and received, Moses sees and is denied entry.
In Psalm 37:22, the blessed 'inherit the earth' — echoing the land inheritance promised to Abraham's descendants.
In Deuteronomy 26:2-4, the firstfruits ritual acknowledges dwelling in the land promised to the fathers.